Lehigh woman says ex-boyfriend stabbed her with scissors, dropped her at hospital

A Lehigh Acres man was arrested Thursday after his ex-girlfriend was taken to a hospital with scissor stab wounds to her back and arm.

Addiel Herrera, 34, of the 4500 block of Southwest 21st Street, was charged with aggravated battery.

According to a Lee County Sheriff's Office report:

At 7:20 p.m. Thursday the woman, 32, told deputies that she and Herrera had argued, he stabbed her twice with the scissors then took her to a Lehigh hospital.

The couple had dated four months, she said, but have been separated for a month and he refuses to leave her alone. On Thursday, she and two other people were headed to a house on Clayton Road in Lehigh, saw Herrera's car make a U-turn and follow them. One of the other people with the victim got a call from him, but disconnected the call once they realized it was Herrera.

Once they got to the house, Herrera convinced her to get into his car so they could talk. She did and soon after he drove from the house, became hostile, hit her, pulled her hair, stabbed her in the back shoulder area and arm and called her a whore. She fought to defend herself, thinking he was going to kill her.